When the two reach the tree, they notice Jonathan standing at the base admiring the blaze. He notices people arrive happily, and begins chattering at them absentmindedly.

"Wouldya look at that! What a nice, even burn! A little sulfer and saltpeter does wonders for strength. I really didn't expect a tree to go up so well - too much water, ya know? Unfortunately, that was my last bomb for a while. I won't be able to make another until I can get the materials." He says sadly. "By the way," He says picking up a riceball/doughnut next to the burning tree, "do you know who left these? They won't make very good bombs, but they might be fun to burn!" He finishes brightly, taking a match from his bag to light it on fire.

Meanwhile, back where November is, after she's stopped moving whatever it is runs into her at full tilt with a loud "Oofh!" It turns out to be a girl with long golden hair and a red skirt, panting and disheveled from just having sprinted a fair distance. She grabbed her hat off the ground and jumped to her feet. "Come on! We have to move!" she said urgently, eyes wide with fear.

Serena grabbed November's arm. "Just come on! It's coming, it's been following m-" Before she can finish the sentence, an opaque blob of golden-green sap arcs out of the forest plants and splatters across her face. She lets out a muffled yelp and falls to the ground, trying in vain to pull the sap from her face.

From the direction she came from comes a large Pokémon that looks like a cross between an Arbok and a Victreebel. It glares malignantly down at the two Trainers. "Has...treebel" it hisses.

Jonathan, who hadn't considered that as a possibility, looks over at Desmond distractedly, match still in his hand. "Really? That would be really cool to watch. But I doubt it will happen; these trees have too much water in them." He completely ignores Jack, except for a rather vague attempt to recapture the riceball.

The Hastreebel promptly shifted its gaze from the girls to the stout Pokémon standing in front of them. It looked disdainful for a moment before its tail glowed purple and it whipped itself at Snorunt, very quickly.

The Hastreebel ducked the Flamethrower and took a blow from the Icy Wind again. It lunged forward and latched onto Snorunt this time, glowing a faint green as it leeched energy from the smaller Pokémon.